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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Repeting, -peit(t)ing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. repeatyng (1530); Repet(e v.] The action of repeating, in senses 1 and 2 of Repet(e v.(1) 1596 Dalr. I 69/22.
The purpose … permittis nocht that we be lang in … repeiting the opiniounis of vthiris men(2) 1604 Misc. Spald. C. II xxiv.
[That] the redar … repeat … on Sonday … and on the veek dayes, the Ten Commandis …, that, be the oft repeting and hering of thame, the commoun pepill may lerne the same perquier 1622-6 Bisset I 106/29.
It salbe lesum to the saidis lordis, to elect …, [a] vice president, for … repeitting of allegeances [etc.]
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